1:1 Meetings:

Dale Cohen is Director and founder of the UCLA Doc Film Legal Clinic, where he leads a group of student-clinicians providing pro bono counsel to documentary filmmakers on a wide range of content issues, including vetting of films for copyright/fair use issues, and production counsel on all matters that filmmakers may encounter. Dale is a frequent speaker at media and entertainment law conferences and film festivals and also teaches a Media Law class at UCLA Law. He is co-author of leading textbook Media and the Law (2d Ed. Carolina Press).

Dale has also served as Special Counsel to Frontline, the award‐winning PBS documentary series, for nearly a decade. His extensive experience as a media lawyer, litigator and news executive includes positions at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, NPR, Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Tribune Company. Dale was also a litigation partner at the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now Denton’s) in Chicago.

Vishakha Nagraj is a Legal Fellow at the UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic. She is deeply passionate about the business of entertainment and storytelling. Driven by her love for the arts, she is dedicated to using her legal expertise to further the production of creative work. Before joining UCLA, Vishakha worked at Universal Music Group, where she assisted with audio licensing and contract administration. She has also practiced as an Intellectual Property attorney in India, where she handled complex IP disputes for major brands and large-scale commercial transactions. Vishakha holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Media, Entertainment, Technology & Sports Law from the UCLA School of Law, where she graduated in 2024. She earned her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Jindal Global Law School in India, graduating with First Class Honors in 2021.

Jennifer Nelson is a senior staff attorney with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, where she leads its pre-publication and pre-broadcast review practice, oversees the publication of and updates to the Reporters Committee’s legal guides, and supervises its hotline for journalists. Jennifer also regularly represents news organizations and journalists in public records, court access, and legal defense matters before federal and state courts. Jennifer earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2011 and her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University in 2007. Before law school, Nelson covered breaking news for the City & Region section as an editorial assistant and freelance reporter for The Boston Globe.

Loralee Sundra is the Associate Director of the Documentary Film Legal Clinic at UCLA School of Law. In addition to full time Clinic instruction, Loralee leads the Clinic’s documentary filmmakers’ legal education program with a focus on expanding the Clinic’s pro bono outreach in collaboration with film festivals and media organization events. Prior to joining the Clinic in January 2021, Loralee practiced media and entertainment law for twenty-three years with the boutique firm of Leopold, Petrich & Smith, and, more recently, as a member of the nationally recognized Media & Entertainment group of Ballard Spahr LLP. Loralee is a member of the Archival Producers Alliance Generative AI Initiative Advisory Board and, in addition to her Clinic instruction, Loralee teaches media law courses at UCLA Extension, and regularly leads presentations on topics in media and intellectual property.